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Half occurred over two November days in North Bay

North Bay police responded to more than 250 collisions in two months late in 2017.

Deputy Chief Scott Tod said about half of those collisions occurred over two days in November.

Tod said police responded to 101 collisions in October and 153 in November, a 50 per cent increase from November 2016.

“Most of those collisions in November are related to one or two days,” he said.

“I remember the day quite well. We went from a wet road condition to an icy one within hours. It was a fast freeze and a large number of collisions occurred that day.”

Tod said motorists are often caught off guard by the change in weather and road conditions.

“We use road conditions often (as the cause of collisions), but actually it's driving behaviour,” he said.

“People should be thinking about driving before they get into their vehicle and what weather conditions they could be facing that day. They also need to consider what equipment they have in their car.”